Safari displaying embedded ads?

Hello,
Recently i have noticed that safari is displaying ads on some websites, example below on BBC. These ads do not belong to the site as they are not there with Fire fox. The ads can appear as a Pop up within the window or form what you would assume is part of the actual website. I have also seen them hijack links in
sites and redirect me in the wrong direction. I have tried running iAntivirus but suspect this is a little more sofisticated.
Any help would ne appreciated.
Thanks

I too am having this redirect problem with Safari Version 6.0.2 (8536.26.17) on MacBook Pro Late 2008 Software OS X 10.8.2 (12C60). The redirects are constant now, so I can't even use Safari. I also get hidden audio ads. I tried the above fix in Terminal, and the results are copied below. How do I find and remove possible hidden extensions? --Michael
Macintosh-5:~ michaelandersen$ ls -al ~/Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins; ls -al /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins
total 24
drwx------@ 7 michaelandersen michaelandersen   238 Jul 31 08:06 .
drwx------@ 68 michaelandersen michaelandersen 2312 Oct 11 15:15 ..
-rw-------@ 1 michaelandersen michaelandersen 6148 May 20 2011 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r--   1 michaelandersen michaelandersen   288 Aug 2 2006 .GlobalPreferences.apple.plist
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 michaelandersen michaelandersen   102 Oct 14 2009 Move-Media-Player.plugin
drwxr-xr-x   3 michaelandersen michaelandersen   102 Mar 29 2010 Picasa.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 michaelandersen admin             102 Mar 30 2010 doubleTwistWebPlugin.bundle
total 784
drwxr-xr-x 22 root             wheel               748 Nov 10 16:51 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 66 root             wheel              2244 Sep 20 08:04 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 michaelandersen admin              6148 Sep 5 2009 .DS_Store
drwxrwxr-x   3 root             wheel               102 Sep 11 20:26 AdobePDFViewer.plugin
-rw-r--r--@ 1 michaelandersen admin            190164 Dec 30 2009 Citrix online plug-in
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root             admin               102 Dec 29 2009 CitrixICAClientPlugIn.plugin
drwxrwxrwx   3 michaelandersen michaelandersen     102 Nov 2 2008 DRM Plugin.bundle
drwxrwxr-x   3 root             admin               102 Feb 7 2011 DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
drwxrwxr-x   3 root             admin               102 Jul 29 2009 EPPEX Plugin.plugin
drwxrwxr-x   3 root             admin               102 Sep 28 2010 Easy-WebPrint EX.plugin
drwxrwxr-x   3 root             wheel               102 Nov 10 16:51 Flash Player.plugin
drwxrwxr-x   3 root             admin               102 Jan 13 2011 Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
drwxrwxr-x   3 root             admin               102 Jan 13 2011 Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.webplugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 michaelandersen admin               170 May 6 2010 Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root             wheel                80 Nov 12 2011 JavaAppletPlugin.plugin -> //System/Library/Java/Support/CoreDeploy.bundle/Contents/JavaAppletPlugin.plugi n
drwxr-xr-x   3 root             admin               102 Feb 7 2011 OVSHelper.plugin
drwxr-xr-x   3 root             wheel               102 Jun 20 15:50 Quartz Composer.webplugin
drwxr-xr-x   3 root             wheel               102 Jun 20 15:18 QuickTime Plugin.plugin
drwxrwxr-x   3 root             admin               102 Apr 11 2012 Silverlight.plugin
-rw-rw-r--   1 root             admin               856 Oct 28 18:32 flashplayer.xpt
drwxrwxr-x   3 root             admin               102 Jul 14 2008 iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
-rw-r--r--   1 root             wheel              2394 Jul 31 01:19 nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
Macintosh-5:~ michaelandersen$

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